feat(backend,clerk-js): Add providerUserId field to ExternalAccount

[Jibaru]

Description

Add providerUserId as a new field to the ExternalAccount resource to provide a clearer way to access the unique user ID from OAuth providers. This field is now the preferred way to retrieve provider user identifiers.

The existing externalId field is deprecated in favor of providerUserId for better clarity and consistency across the API. The externalId field remains available but is marked with @deprecated JSDoc annotation to guide developers toward the new field.

Checklist

• pnpm test runs as expected.
• pnpm build runs as expected.
• (If applicable) JSDoc comments have been added or updated for any package exports
• (If applicable) Documentation has been updated

Type of change

• 🐛 Bug fix
• 🌟 New feature
• 🔨 Breaking change
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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added providerUserId field to external accounts for accessing OAuth provider user identifiers.

• Documentation

  • Deprecated externalId in favor of providerUserId.

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🦋 Changeset detected

Latest commit: fa30ac4

The changes in this PR will be included in the next version bump.

This PR includes changesets to release 14 packages

Name	Type
@clerk/clerk-js	Minor
@clerk/backend	Minor
@clerk/chrome-extension	Patch
@clerk/clerk-expo	Patch
@clerk/agent-toolkit	Patch
@clerk/astro	Patch
@clerk/express	Patch
@clerk/fastify	Patch
@clerk/nextjs	Patch
@clerk/nuxt	Patch
@clerk/react-router	Patch
@clerk/remix	Patch
@clerk/tanstack-react-start	Patch
@clerk/testing	Patch

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